Of Spins, Sixes and Surprises: 50 Defining Moments in Indian Cricket By Shom Biswas and Titash Banerjea Nothing comes even remotely close to the excitement that cricket evokes in both the young and the old in India. Cricket in India is a religion, with cricketers...

Indian Punter League: The True Story of the Fake IPL By Abhishek Bhatt THE RIVETING STORY OF A FAKE IPL SCAM THAT SPANNED THE GLOBE—FROM MOSCOW TO MEHSANA AND BACK.Young and ambitious Faizal Ahmed has one goal in life—he wants to get rich, and he wants to get rich...

M. R. Baig: The Unsung Coach of Indian Cricket  By Cdr Y Hemanth Kumar Mirza Rahmatullah Baig, an Indian Navy veteran, former Services & Hyderabad Ranji Cricketer and North Zone Duleep Trophy player. He played a pivotal role as the South Zone Coach in several...

Sports Psychology By Mughda Bavare IISM — International Institute of Sports & Management, a torchbearer in sports education, is proud to present Sports Psychology by Mugdha Bavare as part of the Knowledge Series. The human mind plays a pivotal role in the world of...

ODISHA AND SPORTS: A Story of Hope and Glory By Boria Majumdar and R. Vineel Krishna For decades, Odisha was considered as one of India’s most backward states. But under the leadership of Naveen Patnaik, it has made huge strides in every sphere, from human-development...

Boundary Lab: Inside the Global Experiment Called Sport  By Nandan Kamath Sport is a petri dish. In it, society tests not only human limits but also individual and collective attitudes and norms, often before they impact the wider world beyond the boundary. In its...

I Have the Streets: A Kutty Cricket Story By R. Ashwin and Sid Monga Ashwin is arguably the greatest match-winner for India in Test cricket. The fastest man to 300 Test wickets, he was a part of the team that won the 2011 World Cup in the ODI format. In T20 cricket,...

125 Years of Olympics: The Ultimate Trivia and Quiz Book By Aniket Mishra The Olympic Games bind us like no other performative event. They evoke emotion. They get us attached to entities and athletes from other corners of the globe, and through them, we tend to...

A Game of Two Halves: The Story of the Golden Era of Indian Club Football By Rishav Ray Football has evolved enormously since Nagendra Prasad kicked a ball 150 years ago. Unlike any other sport, football has left a socio-cultural-economic influence throughout our...

Chambers Book of Cricket Facts By Swayam Ganguly Did you know? The leg spinner's classic delivery, Googly, was invented by English leg spinner Bernard Bosanquet. Shoaib Akhtar, the 'Rawalpindi Express', is the fastest bowler in the history of cricket, having bowled at...